Lunay

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Administration
Commune of Lunay
Location
Longitude	00° 54' 57" Est
Latitude	47° 48' 36" Nord
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Canton de Savigny-sur-Braye
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Vendôme
Mayor	Sébastien Miralvès (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	66 m–156 m (avg. 69 m)
Land area¹	38,63 km²
Population² (1999)	1293
- Density ()	33/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	41120/ 41360
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Lunay is a French commune in the département of Loir-et-Cher in the region of Centre. Its inhabitants are known as Lunotiers and Lunotières.

Lunay is located 15 km west of the city of Vendôme, in the northwest of the department and 180km southwest of Paris. The Loir River flows along the east and south edges of the commune for 8 km.

Lunay is bordered by Thoré-la-Rochette, Mazangé, Fortan, Savigny-sur-Braye, Fontaine-les-Coteaux, Montoire-sur-le-Loir, Les Roches-l'Évêque, and Saint-Rimay.